storsimple-8000-create-volume-container.md

To create a volume container

1. Go to your StorSimple Device Manager service and click Devices. From the tabular listing of the devices, select and click a device.

   

2. In the device dashboard, click + Add volume container

   

3. In the Add volume container blade:

   1. The device is automatically selected.

   2. Supply a Name for your volume container. The name must be 3 to 32 characters long. You cannot rename a volume container once it is created.

   3. Select Enable Cloud Storage Encryption to enable encryption of the data sent from the device to the cloud.

   4. Provide and confirm a Cloud Storage Encryption Key that is 8 to 32 characters long. This key is used by the device to access encrypted data.

   5. Select a Storage Account to associate with this volume container. You can choose an existing storage account or the default account that is generated at the time of service creation. You can also use the Add new option to specify a storage account that is not linked to this service subscription.

   6. Select Unlimited in the Specify bandwidth drop-down list if you wish to consume all the available bandwidth. You can also set this option to Custom to employ bandwidth controls, and specify a value between 1 Mbps and 1,000 Mbps. If you have your bandwidth usage information available, you may be able to allocate bandwidth based on a schedule by specifying Select a bandwidth template. For a step-by-step procedure, go to Add a bandwidth template.

      

   7. Click Create.

      

      You are notified when the volume container is successfully created.

      

   The newly created volume container is listed in the list of volume containers for your device.